The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for Hodgkin's disease, specifically related to in-service exposure to chemicals.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner is needed to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s Hodgkin's lymphoma is etiologically related to his military service or any chemical exposures during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19130934
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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